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Well then I stand corrected on my forging comment. That picture of the S grind does seem to be whats going on with my knife and it is indeed a wedging monster. I have begun thinning. This is about an hours worth of work. I'm sure there's another 2-3 hours to go.

On a lighter note, I got the old cleaver stuck in the board BAD. Sword in the stone style.

FWIW I will say that using Justin's Takeda Nakiri was creepy for me. The cutting resistance on onion julienne is about the same as just waving the knife in the air. If I wasn't guiding with my left hand I am not confident I would have been able to tell when actual cutting began and ended. No exaggeration.

Does anybody know if you can specify the old style geometry if you special order direct from Takeda?

so a takeda custom is indeed on my shortlist of future purchases...so just to be clear if i wanted an older style geometry i would request a concave grind with a large bevel?
BTW thanks for the pics chobent.

so a takeda custom is indeed on my shortlist of future purchases...so just to be clear if i wanted an older style geometry i would request a concave grind with a large bevel?
BTW thanks for the pics chobent.

Probably. The pics of his current customs look really thick, so it appears that this new grind is his default, if you don't ask for something different. Or, you could just get a knife that doesn't need specificity.